eculp wrote:
> On an Acer 5520/5679 laptop, I don't see a way to get wireless
> working. I'm running:
>> 8.0-CURRENT-200712 FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT-200712 #0: Sun Dec 30 11:33:37
> CST 2007
>> The dmesg shows it detected but can't attach:
>> ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> mem 0xf2200000-0xf220ffff irq 19 at device
> 0.0 on pci5
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6
>> pciconf -lv shows:
>>ath0 at pci0:5:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x04281468 chip=0x001c168c
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
> device = 'AR5006 family 802.11abg Wireless NIC'
> class = network
> subclass = ethernet
>> Is there something else that I can do? If you can confirm that this
> isn´t supported, I will go out a buy a pcmcia card. If anyone knows
> of a list of 802.11 cards that work with amd64 even if they are usb,
> would also be appreciated.
>> Thanks for any help,
I believe this card is an XB63 (not A/B/G but only B/G). If so then
Atheros contributed support to the madwifi project in the form of a
patch against the i386 (only) hal.o file; you can retrieve it from their
svn repo/web site. I am working on an updated hal build that includes
support for this and other newer ath parts but it's blocked by a
showstopper bug. No ETA.
Sam